Naturally, I was less than impressed but it didn’t actually take long to find a fix which so far seems to have worked.

The website is an articles directory created using the “Article Dashboard” software and apparently, a number of similar sites have also been hacked. This is how I fixed it:

1. Check you have the Article Dashboard software on your computer

2. Delete the following directories from your website

/admintemplates

/templates

3. Upload these two directories to your site from your computer

4. Login as admin and go to “Edit Settings”. Here you will see that Site Name, Admin Email ID, Admin Name and Admin Message fields have been changed and you’ll need to change them

5. Finally and most important, CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD !!!!

That should restore your Article Dashboard website. Like I said, it seems to have worked so far but there is a chance that there is something else hanging around that I haven’t found.

For example: http://www.facebook.com/yourname

To change your URL is a simple process, just login to Facebook and go to http://www.facebook.com/username and follow the instructions.

More details can be found in this article: http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=90316352130 so please read them before going ahead and changing your URL.

There are slightly different rules with changing URLs on Fan Pages to try to prevent URL squatting. However, if you are planning to use a Fan Page for your business, changing the URL is worth while as it can help with SEO.

Some examples of Fan Pages with a vanity URL:

http://www.facebook.com/ExplorerTravel

http://www.facebook.com/LandscapesOfEngland

Thankfully, I’ve just found the solution and its fairly straightforward. If you are having the same problems, you just need to alter a couple of settings and all will be well again.

The solution is explained here>>
http://docs.joomla.org/Why_does_some_HTML_get_removed_from_articles_in_version_1.5.8%3F

However, it is easy enough to prevent this by changing your Facebook privacy settings.

To change this option, go to

Settings
–> Privacy Settings
–> Search

–> then UN-CLICK the box that says ‘Allow indexing’.

I’m talking about your data. Your emails, those important documents you’ve been working on, those funny movie clips, your MP3s. How about the really important things – your family photos. They are your memories and part of you. Remember how you used to look back at the pictures of your kids first Christmas?  How would you feel if they were suddenly gone?

Well, I’ve been there. Disc crashes are bad. Forget the expense of replacing them and the time it takes to re-install all your software again, its the things you lose that really matter. Of course, there are companies out there who MAY be able to get your data back but its really not cheap and there are no guarantees of success.

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